Thursday, May 31, 2012

Chocolate is so
uplifting, and add Nutella to that and you are set for a perfect day of
Happiness!! and as if that was not enough, think about adding some wonderful toasted
macademia nuts..Bliss! But hey, I want something more….take it a notch up and
add some Hazelnut flavoured Bailey’s… Are you swooning yet? I know me and R
were when we took a bite into this boozy, decadent, no fuss candy J

This chocolate
fudge is maybe one of the simplest candies to make. It barely requires any
cooking, it’s more about just putting it all together and you have a delicious
treat ready in less than 15 mins in a single bowl. It’s just perfect for satisfying
any chocolate or dessert craving.

Making this felt
so good: melting the luscious dark chocolate, toasting the fragrant macademia
nuts, the spoonful of nutella and most of all adding the delicious bailey’s to
the already in heaven fudgy mixture.

My Fudge has Polka Dots! :)

Just a disclaimer: The Fudge was melting away, even while I was trying to photograph them at superwoman's speed :D The crazy heat is to be blamed not ME for the messy pics! :D

This picture of the word Fudge written with nuts was R's Idea :)

Recipe

Ingredients:

50 gms Chocolate chips (at least
60% cacao)

3 tbsp Nutella

3 tbsp Butter

100 gms Toasted Macadamia Nuts

Half a can of Sweet Condensed
Milk

3-4 tbsp Bailey’s Hazelnut Flavor

½ tsp crushed Sea Salt to
sprinkle

Method:

1.Line an 8 inch baking pan with
parchment paper/butter paper with extra paper to hold on all four sides (this
will make it easier for you to un-mould the fudge once refrigerated) Keep this
aside.

2.Put the chocolate chips &
butter in a microwave safe bowl and microwave it for about 1 ½ min (remove it
from the oven and stir every 30 secs) and also keep an eye on the chocolate in
case your oven takes less time to melt as chocolate burns very easily. If you
don’t have a microwave oven, simply melt the chocolate & butter over a
double boiler. (To form a double boiler, place a large pot filled with water on
the burner, then place the bowl with chocolate & butter over this – the
level of water in the pot should be low enough so that it doesn’t touch the
bottom of the chocolate bowl)

3.Once the chocolate is molten,
remove it from the oven/boiler and add the other ingredients to it one by one,
incorporating them till it becomes a homogenous mixture. (reserve some nuts to
dot the mixture after pouring it in the pan

4.Pour/Scrape the mixture in the
pan lined with parchment paper. Smooth the top with the rubber spatula, dot it
with the remaining macademia nuts & sprinkle it with the sea salt.

5.Cover the pan with a cling film
and refrigerate it till the fudge is firm (for about 2 hours)

6.Once chilled, remove the fudge
from the pan using the extra parchment paper around the edges, if the fudge is
stuck in the corners; just use a slightly warm knife to loosen them.

7.Place the firmed fudge on a
flat surface, and chop it into desired size of squares using a knife dipped in
warm water and wiped clean.

8.If you manage to save some,
these can be refrigerated in an airtight container in the fridge for a week. J

The
fudge comes out smooth, luscious, not too sweet with just the right amount of
kick from the wonderful hazelnut flavoured Bailey’s. The macademia nut adds a
perfect nutty flavour and all the flavours are brought together with an added
depth from the sea salt.

Thank you Ritu! :) this is one of the simplest things to make, so can't really take credit for something exotic :D I am so happy you like the pictures and that you think that the melting chocolate is actually looking nice...taking the shots, while the chocolate was melting away, was really difficult, beyond a point I gave up on cleaning the smudges :)